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What’s Your Story? An Evening with Stephanie Foo

DNA Comedy Lab 155 S. River St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Between Instagram, Facebook and TV, we're presented with more media and more stories than ever before. But how many of them really stick with us at the end of the day? Former This American Life producer and Emmy-winning journalist Stephanie Foo (Stevenson '08, modern literature) gives a talk about how to find important stories that tug […]

The Deep Read Santa Cruz Salon

Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Focusing on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments the Santa Cruz Salon will be an opportunity to discuss the book with UCSC professors and your fellow community members. Speakers David Draper, Statistics, Director of the College Scholars Program Marcia Ochoa, Feminist Studies Andrew S. Mathews, Anthropology Moderator: Laura Martin, Porter College Details 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Cowell […]

MAH Film Night: Radical Futurisms (Part I Rescreen)

Gather 'round your home screen and watch films from a diverse group of visionaries on topics and themes related to our current exhibition, Beyond the World's End. Join curator TJ Demos for a virtual introduction and (re)screening of films originally shown last month at the Del Mar Theater that seek to offer points of light […]

POSTPONED – Lisa Wolpe: Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender

Santa Cruz Veterans Hall Auditorium

Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender is a solo show, written and performed by Lisa Wolpe. It is an hour long, with no intermission. Lisa is an expert on gender-flipping Shakespeare as well as an actress, director, teacher, writer, traveler, and distinguished scholar. Her one-women show explores her experiences as an activist for inclusion, diversity, […]

MAH Film Night: Radical Futurisms (Part II Rescreen)

Gather 'round your home screen and watch films from a diverse group of visionaries on topics and themes related to our current exhibition, Beyond the World's End. Join curator TJ Demos for a virtual introduction and (re)screening of films originally shown last month at the Del Mar Theater that seek to offer points of light in […]

POSTPONED – Ottessa Moshfegh: Death in Her Hands

Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information at: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ottessamoshfegh2020 This free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. If you have any ADA accommodation requests, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by May 2nd. Death in Her […]

Teaching Credential Workshop for Humanities PhDs

The humanities are alive and well in K12 education. Can you thrive there? Join Kip Téllez in this workshop to learn more about simultaneously pursuing a teaching credential and master's degree in education while completing your doctoral degree in the humanities! Explore the possibilities of public school teaching in California for a union-backed career. Ethnic […]

VIRTUAL: MAH Beyond the World’s End – Meet the Artists

Join Beyond the World’s End exhibiting artists Laurie Palmer, Amy Balkin, Krista Franklin, Newton Harrison, Super Futures Haunt Qollective, and the Rasquache Collective for a group discussion and Q&A. In the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's current exhibition, Beyond the World's End, visionary artists reflect on the social and environmental injustices happening around […]